Republican Twitter accounts hacked

[DearAbby]

From CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric Kuhn


Marco Rubio's Twitter account, which was hacked today.
Washington (CNN) – Two prominent Republicans had their Twitter accounts hacked on Wednesday. Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio and Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp both fell victim to a "phishing attack" that urged their followers to visit a site hawking colon cleansing pills.

Followers of Rubio's Twitter feed saw this message on Wednesday afternoon: "lol it's amazing. look and feel great with http://cleansefats.com." An hour later, the real Rubio tweeted: "I got hacked selling something? Could be worse. They could have written Go Noles or Go Jets as if it was coming from me!" (Rubio is a Florida Gators and Miami Dolphins fan.)

Meanwhile, Wamp's Twitter account sent out "direct messages," which are not seen publicly but sent directly to followers. His message read: "hi. this works. i feel better and look great. http://bdgdfij.info." That link also re-directed readers to a site selling colon cleansing pills.


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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/29/republican-twitter-accounts-hacked/

[DearAbby]

1. Ex lax for the brain?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. SO?

Twitter gets hacked a lot, especially lately. The fact that they are republicans is not the reason they were hacked, IMO.

[DearAbby]

3. lighten up

just thought the phishing for colon cleansing was funny...who pee'd in your wheaties?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Ok. So you post a biased story and expect no comments?

This is bullshit. But I shouldn't have said anything?

[TheWraith]

5. Calm down. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I am calm